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Friday, April 13, 2012

Enjoy Life

We all have our ways to enjoy our lives. One of the ways is, of course, crafting!

Kick Back, a stamp set from Close to My Heart, always reminds me of a vacation in Hawaii. The sun, Hibiscus, waves......my mind has already gone to Hawaii.

I can't tell when my next vacation will be, but for now, participating in a challenge using the stamp set helps me relax! The sketch from Card Patterns looks like this:

I used the Footloose paper packet and the Kick Back stamp set to create this card:

How I wish I could go in the pictue and sit under the sun and observe the waves!

Can you tell how many colors have I used on the sun? The answer is three.

The picture may not have picked it up well, but it involves two techniques to stamp the sun. Because I wanted to give the sun a solid color, I first flipped over the stamp and use that as a stamp to create a yellow background. Yes, I was using the side that generally sticks to the acrylic block as a stamp. Then I flipped it back to normal and stamped the sun in Creme Brulee stamp pad, before it dried up I used the rock-and-roll technique to add some Goldrush to the edges of the sun. I usually use the rock-and-roll technique on flowers or solid images, but my experiment today proves that it works on other images too. Why don't you try it out?

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Thanks for stopping by! I'm a paper crafter who loves to create cards, mini-albums, scrapbook layouts and even gifts! I'd love to share what I've created here and hope you enjoy browsing. I am also an independent consultant for Close to my Heart. If you have any questions or just want to say howdy, please contact me anytime.